For 40 years, the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters
Association has elected the annual All America Racing Team. The
team is recognized by the Associated Press, Reuters and major publications
as the only team of its kind in motor sports. Each year, two team
members are elected in each of seven categories (unless there is a tie, in which case both tying drivers are elected). The driver who receives the most votes is awarded the Jerry Titus Memorial Trophy™
as AARWBA's Driver of the Year.

Jerry Titus Memorial Trophy™ Winners:

1970 Al Unser

1971 Mark Donohue

1972 George Follmer

1973 Mark Donohue

1974 Johnny Rutherford

1975 A.J. Foyt

1976 Don Prudhomme

1977 Mario Andretti*

1978 Mario Andretti*

1979 Rick Mears

1980 Johnny Rutherford

1981 Darrell Waltrip

1982 Shirley Muldowney

1983 Bobby Allison

1984 Mario Andretti*

1985 Bill Elliott

1986 Bobby Rahal

1987 Dale Earnhardt

1988 Geoff Brabham

1989 Emerson Fittipaldi

1990 Al Unser Jr.

1991 Harry Gant

1992 Juan Manuel Fangio II

1993 Nigel Mansell

1994 Al Unser Jr.

1995 Jeff Gordon*

1996 John Force***

1997 Tom Kendall

1998 Jeff Gordon*

1999 John Force***

2000 John Force***

2001 Jeff Gordon*

2002 John Force***

2003 J.J. Yeley

2004 Tony Kanaan

2005 Dan Wheldon

2006 Tony Schumacher

2007 Dario Franchitti*

2008 Tony Schumacher

2009 Dario Franchitti*

2010 Dario Franchitti*

2011 Tony Stewart

2012 Brad Keselowski

2013 John Force***

2014 Kevin Harvick

2015 Donny Schatz

2016 Jimmie Johnson

2017 Tie: Brittany Force/Martin Truex Jr.

* = Three-time Winner

** = Four-time Winner

*** = Five-time Winner

AARWBA All-America Team

2017

Brittany Force

Martin Truex Jr.

Josef Newgarden

Ricky Taylor

Jordan Taylor

Donny Schatz

Christopher Bell

Kyle Kaiser

Colton Herta

2016

Jimmie Johnson

Simon Pagenaud

Joao Barbosa

Christian Fittipaldi

Donny Schatz

Antron Brown

Ron Caps

Johnny Sauter

William Byron

Todd Gilliland

2015

Donny Schatz

Scott Dixon

Kyle Busch

Joao Barbosa

Donny Schatz

Christian Fittipaldi

Erica Enders

Erik Jones

Spencer Pigot

Rico Abreu

2014

Will Power

Joao Barbosa

Christian Fittipaldi

Donny Schatz

Kevin Harvick

Erica Enders-Stevens

Matt Crafton

Gabby Chaves

Carlos Munoz

2013

Scott Dixon

Max Angelelli

Jordan Taylor

Bryan Clauson

Jimmie Johnson

John Force

Donny Schatz

Sage Karam

Carlos Munoz

2012

Ryan Hunter-Reay

Will Power

Scott Pruett

Memo Rojas

Klaus Graf

Lucas Luhr

Bryan Clauson

Donny Schatz

Brad Keselowski

Jimmie Johnson

Antron Brown

Jack Beckman

James Buescher

Emil Assentato

Jeff Segal

Johnny O'Connell

Tristan Vautier

Courtney Force

2011

Dario Franchitti

Will Power

Tony Stewart

Carl Edwards

Scott Pruett

Memo Rojas

Chris Dyson

Guy Smith

Del Worsham

Matt Hagan

Bryan Clauson

Kyle Larson

Austin Dillon

Andrew Davis

Leh Keen

Josef Newgarden

Patrick Long

Amy Ruman

2010

Dario Franchitti

Will Power

Jimmie Johnson

Kyle Busch

Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas

David Brabham/Simon Pagenaud

John Force

Larry Dixon

Bryan Clauson

Levi Jones

Todd Bodine

Bobby Santos

Rob MacCachren

Ricky Johnson & Antoine L’Estage/Nathalie Richard (tie)Jörg

Bergmeister/Patrick Long

Frank Manzo

2009

Dario Franchitti

Mark Martin

John Fogarty/Alex Gurney

Tony Schumacher

Donny Schatz

Ron Hornaday

J.R. Hildebrand

Helio Castroneves

Jimmie Johnson

David Brabham/Scott Sharp

Ashely Force Hood

Joey Saldana

Parker Kligerman

Frank Manzo

2008

Helio Castroneves

Scott Dixon

Carl Edwards

Jimmie Johnson

David Brabham and Scott Sharp

Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas

Cruz Pedregon

Tony Schumacher

Jerry Coons Jr.

Donny Schatz

Justin Allgaier

Johnny Benson

Jorg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler

Raphael Matos

2007

Sebastien Bourdais

Dario Franchitti

Jimmie Johnson

Jeff Gordon

Alex Gurney

Jon Fogarty and Scott Pruett

Mika Salo

Jamie Melo and Alex Lloyd

Tony Pedregon

Tony Schumacher

Donny Schatz

Jerry Coons Jr.

Ron Hornaday Jr.

Frank Kimmel

2006

Sebastien Bourdais

Sam Hornish, Jr.

Jimmie Johnson

Tony Stewart

Jorg Bergmeister

Rinaldo Capello/Allan McNish (tie)

Scott Pruett/Luis Diaz (tie)

John Force

Tony Schumacher

Donny Schatz

Josh Wise

Todd Bodine

Frank Kimmel

J.R. Hildebrand

Travis Pastrana

2005

Dan Wheldon

Sebastien Bourdais

Tony Stewar

Jimmie Johnson

Wayne Taylor

Max Angelelli

Scott Pruett

Luis Diaz

John Force

Tony Schumacher

Steve Kinser

Dave Steele

Martin Truex Jr.

Frank Kimmel

Patrick Long

Jorg Bergmeister

Rob MacCachren

2004

Tony Kanaan

Sebastien Bourdais

Kurt Busch

Jimmie Johnson

Ron Fellows

Max Papis

Scott Pruett

John Force

Tony Schumacher

Steve Kinser

Bobby East

Martin Truex Jr.

Bobby Hamilton

Bill Auberlen

Thiago Medeiros

2003

Gil de Ferran

Paul Tracy (tie)

Scott Dixon (tie)

Matt Kenseth

Ryan Newman

Ron Fellows

Scott Pruett

Tony Pedregon

Larry Dixon

Steve Kinser

J.J. Yeley

Brian Vickers

Frank Kimmel

A.J. Allmendinger

Mark Taylor

2002

Cristiano da Matta

Sam Hornish, Jr.

Tony Stewart

Mark Martin

Ron Fellows

Boris Said

John Force

Larry Dixon

Steve Kinser

J.J. Yeley

A.J. Foyt IV

Frank Manzo (tie)

Bryan Sellers (tie)

2001

Gil de Ferran

Sam Hornish, Jr.

Jeff Gordon

Tony Stewart

Kevin Harvick

Paul Gentilozzi

James Weaver

John Force

Kenny Bernstein

Dave Darland

Danny Lasoski

Townsend Bell

Rob MacCachren

2000

Gil de Ferran

Buddy Lazier

Bobby Labonte

Tony Stewart

Jeff Green

Steve Kinser

John Force

Gary Scelzi

Brian Simo

Allan McNish

Scott Dixon

Buddy Rice

1999

Juan Montoya

Greg Ray

Dale Jarrett

Tony Stewart

Paul Gentilozzi

Elliott Forbes-Robinson

John Force

Tony Schumacher

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Mark Kinser

Walker Evans

Anthony Lazzaro

1998

Kenny Brack

Alex Zanardi

Jeff Gordon

Mark Martin

Paul Gentilozzi

Butch Leitzinger

John Force

Gary Scelzi

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Ron Hornaday Jr.

David Besnard

Cristiano Da Matta

1997

Tom Kendall

Alex Zanardi

Tony Stewart

Jeff Gordon

Dale Jarrett

Butch Leitzinger

John Force

Gary Scelzi

Randy LaJoie

Sammy Swindell

Derek Hill

Alex Barron

1996

John Force

Jimmy Vasser

Buddy Lazier

Terry Labonte

Jeff Gordon

Kenny Bernstein

Tom Kendall

Dorsey Schroeder

Mark Kinser

Ron Hornaday Jr.

Patrick Carpentier

David Empringham(Tie)

Evan Evans (Tie)

1995

Jeff Gordon

Dale Earnhardt

Jacques Villeneuve

Al Unser Jr.

John Force

Scott Kalitta

Tom Kendall

Irv Hoerr

Ivan Stewart

Greg Moore

Tony Stewart

Dave Blaney

1994

Al Unser Jr.

Dale Earnhardt

Jeff Gordon

Jacques Villeneuve

John Force

Don Prudhomme

Steve Kinser

Tony Stewart

Scott Pruett

Steve Millen

Rod Millen

Steve Robertson

1993

Nigel Mansell

Paul Tracy

Dale Earnhardt

Rusty Wallace

John Force

Eddie Hill

Juan Fangio II

Scott Sharp

Steve Kinser

Johnny Benson Jr.

Ivan Stewart

Bryan Herta

1992

Juan Fangio II

Bobby Rahal

Michael Andretti

Alan Kulwicki

Davey Allison

Kenny Bernstein

Joe Amato

Jack Baldwin

Steve Kinser

Mike Eddy

Rod Millen

Irv Hoerr

1991

Harry Gant

Michael Andretti

Rick Mears

Dale Earnhardt

Geoff Brabham

Scott Sharp

Darrell Alderman

Joe Amato

Jeff Gordon

Steve Kinser

Pat Austin

Roger Mears

1990

Al Unser Jr.

Michael Andretti

Dale Earnhardt

Mark Martin

John Force

Joe Amato

Geoff Brabham

Tom Kendall

Paul Tracy

Ivan Stewart

Steve Kinser

Jeff Gordon

1989

Emerson Fittipaldi

Rick Mears

Rusty Wallace

Mark Martin

Geoff Brabham

Dorsey Schroeder

Bob Glidden

Gary Ormsby

Rich Vogler

Doug Wolfgang

Robby Unser

Robby Gordon

1988

Geoff Brabham

Danny Sullivan

Al Unser Jr.

Bill Elliott

Rusty Wallace

Scott Pruett

Bob Glidden

Kenny Bernstein

Steve Kinser

Rich Vogler

Tom Kendall

Robby Gordon

1987

Bobby Rahal

Dale Earnhardt

Bill Elliott

Al Unser

Chip Robinson

Scott Pruett

Kenny Bernstein

Bob Glidden

Steve Kinser

Butch Miller

Chris Cord

John Buffum

1986

Bobby Rahal

Dale Earnhardt

Michael Andretti

Tim Richmond

Al Holbert

Scott Pruett

Kenny Bernstein

Don Garlits

Steve Kinser

Hershel McGriff

Tom Kendall

Steve Millen

1985

Al Unser Jr.

Darrell Waltrip

Bill Elliott

Al Unser

Al Holbert

Wally Dallenbach Jr.

Richie Evans

Roger Mears

Steve Kinser

John Jones

1984

Mario Andretti

Tom Sneva

Terry Labonte

Harry Gant

Tom Gloy

Al Holbert

Joe Amato

Don Garlits

Steve Kinser

Tom Bigelow

Sammy Swindell

1983

Bobby Allison

Teo Fabi

Al Unser

Darrell Waltrip

Al Holbert

David Hobbs

Shirley Muldowney

Gary Beck

Steve Kinser

John Buffum

1982

Shirley Muldowney

Rick Mears

Gordon Johncock

Bobby Allison

Darell Waltrip

Al Unser Jr.

John Paul Jr.

Lee Shepard

Michael Andretti

John Buffum

1981

Darrell Waltrip

Mario Andretti

Rick Mears

Bobby Allison

Geoff Brabham

Brian Redman

Jeb Allen

Shirley Muldowney

Al Unser Jr.

Doug Wolfgang

1980

Johnny Rutherford

Bobby Unser

Dale Earnhardt

Cale Yarborough

John Paul

Bob Tullius

Raymond Beadle

Shirley Muldowney

Rich Vogler

Steve Kinser

1979

A.J. Foyt

Richard Petty

Rick Mears

Darrell Waltrip

Peter Gregg

Don Whittington

Bob Glidden

Don Garlits

Mel Kenyon

Dennis Firestone

1978

Al Unser

Mario Andretti

Danny Ongais

Bobby Allison

Cale Yarborough

Peter Gregg

Kelly Brown

Don Prudhomme

A.J. Foyt

Steve Kinser

1977

Darrell Waltrip

Mario Andretti

Tom Sneva

A.J. Foyt

Cale Yarborough

Al Holbert

Don Prudhomme

Shirley Muldowney

Danny Ongais

Mel Kenyon

1976

Gordon Johncock

Mario Andretti

Johnny Rutherford

A.J. Foyt

Cale Yarborough

Al Holbert

Don Prudhomme

Shirley Muldowney

David Pearson

Jan Opperman

1975

Jimmy Carruthers

Mario Andretti

Bobby Allison

A.J. Foyt

Richard Petty

Al Unser

Don Prudhomme

Shirley Muldowney

Don Garlits

Jan Opperman

1974

Johnny Rutherford

Mario Andretti

Bobby Unser

David Pearson

Richard Petty

Peter Gregg

Don Prudhomme

Don Garlits

Ray Elder

Jan Opperman

1973

Mark Donohue

David Pearson

Roger McCluskey

Richard Petty

Peter Revson

George Follmer

Gary Beck

Don Garlits

Peter Gregg

Parnelli Jones

1972

George Follmer

Joe Leonard

Bobby Unser

Bobby Alison

Peter Revson

Mark Donohue

Bill Jenkins

Don Garlits

A.J. Foyt

Richard Petty

1971

Mark Donohue

Richard Petty

Joe Leonard

Bobby Allison

Peter Revson

George Follmer

Don Garlits

Ronnie Sox

Parnelli Jones

Ray Elder

1970

Al Unser

Mario Andretti

Richard Petty

Mark Donohue

Parnelli Jones

Dan Gurney

Don Garlits

Don Prudhomme

Gary Gabelich

Ronnie Sox

2010 AUTO RACING ALL-AMERICA TEAM SELECTED

BURBANK,
Calif. – The 2010 All-America Auto Racing Team has been chosen by members of the
nation’s motorsports press. The team includes the largest group ever named to
the First Team, 21 drivers, as a result of the addition of a new category this
year by the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association.

In
addition, AARWBA created a new Rising Star Award to recognize a fresh new name
making his mark on the sport.

Drivers
from the Open Wheel, Stock Car, Road Racing and Drag Racing categories are in
contention for the Jerry Titus Award -- the team’s Driver of the Year, each of
them dominating the vote in their category. Just nine votes cover the group,
which includes two former multiple Titus winners. The Titus winner is not
revealed until the All-America ceremonies in Indianapolis, Ind., on Jan. 9.

Four
former Titus winners are on the team this year -- Indy Car champions Dario
Franchitti (2007, 2009) and Tony Kanaan (2004), and NHRA champions John Force
(1996, 1999, 2000, 2002) and Tony Schumacher (2006, 2008). Schumacher is a
Second Team selection this year and Kanaan earned Honorable Mention.

Chosen
as the Rising Star of 2010 was IRL Firestone Indy Lights champion J.K. Vernay,
23, from France, who picked up votes from nearly a third of the voters on the
15-name ballot. Vernay ended up four votes ahead of NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series rookie of the year Austin Dillon, 20. Third in the vote was USAC driver
Kody Swanson, 22, who raced in five different USAC series with victories in
four of them.

Following
in the Rising Star vote were Indy Light’s James Hinchcliffe, 23; Grand-Am’s
Ricky Taylor, 21; Scott Tucker, 47, from American Le Mans, and a surprise
write-in, LE Tonglet, 20, NHRA’s Pro Stock Bike champion and rookie of the year.
The poll does not include motorcycle racers because it is, after all, an auto
racing team, but young Tonglet’s stellar season was enough to inspire a number
of voters to write in his name.

The
Titus, given in remembrance of the late racer/journalist, signifies the top
vote-getter on the All-America team regardless of category, is announced at the
conclusion of the annual AARWBA banquet, which is open to the public. Two drivers
from each of eight categories is elected to the First Team, two more to the
Second Team, and all drivers receiving at least five percent of the vote (minimum
five votes) earn honorable mention.

Force
won his unprecedented 15th NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car championship this year,
a triumphant return from a near-fatal accident in 2007. With his 6-win season he
won his 16th selection as an All-America in the Drag Racing category, all but one
of them First Team. Force’s 15 First Team selections stands behind only World
of Outlaws legend Steve Kinser, chosen 18 times. His 16 times as an All-America
(chosen once as Second Team in 1991), trails Kinser’s 23 and Mario Andretti’s
18.

Joining
Force is Top Fuel champion Larry Dixon, whose 12-win season ended Tony
Schumacher’s run of five championships. It is Dixon’s fifth All-America
selection, his third on the First Team.

Franchitti
won his second Indianapolis 500 and his third Indy Car championship in 2010,
continuing as the most dominant driver in American open wheel racing three of
the past four years and leading the Open Wheel category. The Scot has been a
First Team All-America each of those years, six times total.

Will
Power, the young Aussie who led the Indy Car championship most of the season,
joins Franchitti on the First Team after a five-win season. It is Power’s first
All-America nod.

Jimmie
Johnson is no surprise as a Titus contender after his landmark fifth straight
NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. His six-win season plus a come-from-behind points
chase in the year’s final race got him his sixth selection on the First Team,
his ninth time overall.

A
surprise, however, was the selection of Kyle Busch to join Johnson in the Stock
Car category. The winner of 24 races in NASCAR’s top three series (three Sprint
Cup, 13 Nationwide, eight Camping World Trucks and that series’ owner’s
championship), Busch outpointed Denny Hamlin by just one vote for his fourth
All-America selection, his first on the First Team.

The
pairing of Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas led the Road Racing category for the
second time in three years. The Pruett/Rojas duo is the Daytona Prototype
champions in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series with a series-record nine
victories in 12 races. It is Pruett’s 11th time on the First Team, third on
that list behind Force, and his 13th time overall. His Mexican teammate is an
All-America for the second time. In endurance racing where teammates share a
car for the full season, they are voted on as one.

The
second First Team pair in Road Racing are the American Le mans Series Prototype
champions David Brabham and Simon Pagenaud. The Australian/French pairing won
four races including the Petit LeMans at Road Atlanta and were on the podium in
all nine of the series’ races. It is Brabham’s fifth All-American selection,
his second on First Team, while Pagenaud is First Team for the First time after
an Honorable Mention in 2009.

Todd
Bodine, winning his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship,
easily outdistanced everyone in the Touring Series vote. It is his second
All-America selection, both First Team, matching his 2006 championship.

Behind
Bodine, however, it was a huge dogfight with all five of the other ballot
contenders in a virtual dead heat. In the final tally only five votes separated
the quintet, but atop the heap was NASCAR Whelen Modified Series champion and
four-time race winner Bobby Santos. It is the first time a driver from the
Modified ranks has achieved First Team status, and is, of course, the first
All-America for Santos.

The
category illustrated well that one vote can make a difference: Only one vote
behind was NASCAR K&N East Series champ Ryan Truex, and two more votes back
was ARCA champion Patrick Sheltra to make up the Second Team; one more vote down
was USAR Pro Series champ Clay Rogers, and K&N West champ Eric Holmes was
just another single vote down, earning Honorable Mention.

There
was also an unexpected result in the Short Track category, where two U.S. Auto
Club combatants won in a category long dominated by World of Outlaws champions.
Brian Clauson outpointed Levi Jones by just one vote to form the First Team
pairing. Clauson won USAC’s National Driver Championship and Mopar National
Midget Championship over Jones by winning the season finale Turkey Night Grand
Prix at Irwindale, Calif. Jones, for his part, won both the K&N Silver
Crown and the Amsoil National Sprint Car Championships. It is the first time on
First Team for both drivers. Jones has been chosen Second Team or Honorable
Mention three times previously.

The
new Off Road & Rally category produced the only tie in the voting,
resulting in a four-member First Team. Vote leader Rob MacCachren is the one
familiar face, earning his fifth All-America nod, his third on the First Team
-- in previous years chosen in the At Large category. MacCachren won in four
different off-road series and leads the Pro 2 Unlimited class in the Lucas
Off-Road Racing Series where he has won eight times. He has also won in TORC,
SCORE and SNORE races.

Tied
in the vote were Ricky Johnson, champion of the Traxxas TORC Series Pro 2wd
class, and Antoine L’Estage/Nathalie Richard champions of the RallyCar Rally
America series. All are all-America for the first time. Johnson has six wins in
the TORC series and two more in the LOORS series. Canadians L’Estage/Richard
won two of the six Rally America events and are also leading the Canadian Rally
Championship with three victories.

The
At Large category went to an endurance racing tandem and a drag racer,
All-America veterans all. Topping the vote were the American Le Mans Series’ GT
class champions, Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long, with four victories
together in the nine races. Long also branched out to NASCAR and won a K&N
West series race in Portland. It’s Bergmeister’s fourth All-America selection
and Long’s second, all First Team.

Frank
Manzo, the NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car champ, is nearly the Funny Car clone of
John Force but with alky fuels. With a 12-win season it is Manzo’s 14 national
championship and 20th divisional championship, and his eighth All-America,
second time on First Team.

Information
on the All-America Banquet is available at www.AARWBA.org. The banquet and
ceremony is open to the public. --Rocky Entriken

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